Fostex B16 Tension arm stainless steel pin normally has the sensor on)

normally has the sensor on)

this may have been used in the later models after this

Old style Hirose connector used in Multi-Track machines and other Japanese equipment

There are 4 motors in the Fostex R8 two for the FF and REW one for the main capstan and this little one which engages the capstan gears and lifts the tape lifter

underneath has seen the normal wear but again the whole shell is sound

Fostex B16 Tension arm stainless steel pin normally has the sensor on)This was from the Model B16 but may have been used on later models, in principle on some of the machines there was a steel pin on which was a bottom metal bush that locked onto the pin, then two bearings was slotted through the pin and finally on top there was a cap . Both the cap and the bush have set screws in them to lock them into place, the whole assembly then slides into the tension arm where the pin is tightened up with a screw that holds it